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Dear Amy Sherman-Palladino,
I have a bone to pick with you. Well, more than one bone, really. But you get the figure of speech. You are the master of them. Anyway, the problem I have with you is probably not what you think it to be. Most likely you're thinking 'Yeah, yeah. You hate what I'm doing to Luke and Lorelai. You don't like Logan. You can't comprehend the fact that Lane is now a married woman. And you really can't stand the sight of Christopher, and you wish I'd just get rid of him for good. Yeah, well, join the crowd. Take a number and stand in line.'
But actually, none of these things are the real reason I am upset. I mean, yes, I hate what you are doing to Luke and Lorelai. But actually, I really like Logan. Here's the thing that's got me so flustered: I want to hate you, but I can't. Yes, yes, I know that may sound harsh. But quite frankly, you are ever so slowly breaking my heart, and I want to hate you for it. I want to rage and rage against you. But alas, I cannot.
Why, you ask? Because you are a genius. I watched tonight's episode, which was written and directed by you, and I fell in love with you all over again. But I was angry that I was falling in love with you. Tonight, I did not miss Luke. Tonight, I found acceptance, and even a bit of adoration for, Lane and Zach. And worst of all, tonight I "awww"'ed over Christopher. Seriously, AS-P?! Seriously?! How has it come to the point that you have made me feel twinges in the region of my heart for Christopher again. How have you made me love the chemistry between Lorelai and Christopher again? How have you made the words, "I think Christopher deserves Lorelai more than Luke," come out of my roommate's mouth? How have you kind of made me believe those words? And let's not even mention that whole episode with Lorelai being drunk. That was embarrasing and it broke my heart.
*sigh* AS-P, for all these things I want to hate you. And yet, you have woven it all together so geniously. You have told such a great and believable story, I cannot help but love you. I don't want you to leave next season. As messed up as things are, I really want you to come back. Nobody writes it like you.
So, I draw my letter to a close. The only thing I can ask is that you don't break my heart too much. I'm sure it's a given. I'm sure you'll make me cry before this season is out. But please, be a little gentle, huh?
Your ever-loyal viewer,
Heather
I have a bone to pick with you. Well, more than one bone, really. But you get the figure of speech. You are the master of them. Anyway, the problem I have with you is probably not what you think it to be. Most likely you're thinking 'Yeah, yeah. You hate what I'm doing to Luke and Lorelai. You don't like Logan. You can't comprehend the fact that Lane is now a married woman. And you really can't stand the sight of Christopher, and you wish I'd just get rid of him for good. Yeah, well, join the crowd. Take a number and stand in line.'
But actually, none of these things are the real reason I am upset. I mean, yes, I hate what you are doing to Luke and Lorelai. But actually, I really like Logan. Here's the thing that's got me so flustered: I want to hate you, but I can't. Yes, yes, I know that may sound harsh. But quite frankly, you are ever so slowly breaking my heart, and I want to hate you for it. I want to rage and rage against you. But alas, I cannot.
Why, you ask? Because you are a genius. I watched tonight's episode, which was written and directed by you, and I fell in love with you all over again. But I was angry that I was falling in love with you. Tonight, I did not miss Luke. Tonight, I found acceptance, and even a bit of adoration for, Lane and Zach. And worst of all, tonight I "awww"'ed over Christopher. Seriously, AS-P?! Seriously?! How has it come to the point that you have made me feel twinges in the region of my heart for Christopher again. How have you made me love the chemistry between Lorelai and Christopher again? How have you made the words, "I think Christopher deserves Lorelai more than Luke," come out of my roommate's mouth? How have you kind of made me believe those words? And let's not even mention that whole episode with Lorelai being drunk. That was embarrasing and it broke my heart.
*sigh* AS-P, for all these things I want to hate you. And yet, you have woven it all together so geniously. You have told such a great and believable story, I cannot help but love you. I don't want you to leave next season. As messed up as things are, I really want you to come back. Nobody writes it like you.
So, I draw my letter to a close. The only thing I can ask is that you don't break my heart too much. I'm sure it's a given. I'm sure you'll make me cry before this season is out. But please, be a little gentle, huh?
Your ever-loyal viewer,
Heather
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I was really loving the episode up until Lorelai's little drunken episode (I can't stand watching people make a fool out of themself. I get embarrassed for them.). It kind of felt a bit like old GG. Damn AS-P! Just when I think I can actually hate her... I just can't. I love her. *sigh* But I would love her even more if she fixed the show.
Also? Lauren Graham rocks muchly.
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And I don't like wanting to hit Luke. Wanting to hit Luke makes me want to cry.
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LOL, me too. I had my hand covering my face and was peeking through my fingers during her drunken speech.
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And, as for Christopher, I also convinced myself that I hated him. I'd flinch every time I saw him just because, again, it made things easier for me. However, I've been finding him more charming. The flinch I had was voluntary, I realized, and I hate that. I hate that I can't hate. And, all of this is Amy's fault. She's going to be getting my psychiatrist bills for sure.
I fear that she will break my heart, though. I've invested too much of myself into this show. I don't care if that sounds pathetic, it's true. I'm in love with this show and I can't possibly take any more heartache. It's just not in me. I know I could never abandon it, but I'd prefer not being broken hearted for the rest of my life because of a television show.
I'm just glad to know that there's people like you out there. You put everything I'm feeling into your words rather than my blobby non-words. It's true. Sigh. Sigh. Sigh.
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And your blobby non-words here. They could have come straight from my heart too. Particularly this: "I've invested too much of myself into this show. I don't care if that sounds pathetic, it's true. I'm in love with this show and I can't possibly take any more heartache. It's just not in me. I know I could never abandon it, but I'd prefer not being broken hearted for the rest of my life because of a television show."
I could not have said it better myself. I am 100% invested in Luke and Lorelai. In Rory. In Stars Hollow. Everything. Yes, it may be pathetic. But that's the way it goes. I'm pretty sure I've never loved a tv show quite this deeply. And it's gonna break my heart. Oh, dear God in heaven, AS-P better fix it next season.
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Alright. Deep breath. I'm glad that you feel the same way. I have myself 100% invested in all of it. I still remember when I first started watching it. (Insert dreamy-nostaligic-sequence here.) It was December. I'd watched a bunch of episodes on ABC Family when they had their very first marathon. While I hadn't been able to follow the plot, I knew it was a show for me. So, finally, Christmas Eve, my sister let me borrow her Season 1 DVD. I never did trust my sister's taste in anything, which is what kept me and Gilmore Girls apart for so long. I'm still mad at my stubbornness. Alright. So, I watched the first episode with a giant grin on my face. I immediately called my friend, Tiffany, and said, "You were right! This show rocks! When will those two people get together?!" She questioned who I was talking about. Once we finally realized that I was talking about Luke and Lorelai, and when we established that I was only on the first episode, she laughed a bitter laugh. "Oh, you've got a long way to go, Danielle," she said. So, after all of the Maxs and Rachels and Nicoles and Jasons and What's-his-names I went through (sure where was only one of each of them, but, you know) I finally reached the end of Season 4. I felt it all falling into place.
I knew from the moment I started that we (Gilmore Girls and I) were meant to be.
And now, after all that I went through, things are falling out of that neat little place I put them in. It's slowly breaking the parts that it had put back together. (Dramatic much? Yes!) It's taking back what it gave me! It's rude. It's like that person who gives you a candleholder for Christmas, then at Easter, takes it back. That's what it's like.
Wow. I'm really quite sorry for all of the rambling. I truly, truly don't want to write my 3 papers. And, I like to get my GG rambling out - sorry you're the one getting abused for all of that.
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"sure where was only one of each of them"
And, by the way, I don't consider your GG rambling abuse. I love GG rambling like nothing else. It's fun!!
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I feel like she is betraying us with A LOT and I still hate Christopher and I still hate Logan and I just want the Luke&Lorelai back.
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I don't remember what I was going to say now...hmm, oh, except after the way Chris treated Lorelai oh, numerous times, I don't believe he will ever deserve her. I just hate that Luke, the one person she could count on, is disappointing her too. I never thought that would happen. And I'm sure there's a reason for his obliviousness (although its getting to the point of ridiculousness) but I don't know if the writers are ever going to let us find that out. They're determined to make Luke an ass.
Also, I'm hoping that even though I'm not a big fan of Chris, that he's grown up a little and won't do something truly idiotic. But I'm not counting on it.
But like I said in my entry, Lorelai is still in love with Luke and Luke is still in love with Lorelai, so any drama that might happen between the two of them isn't going to change that. They both may be hurt by the other, but that doesn't stop them from loving one another.
Geez, I'm such a sap.
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a) Took the words outta my mouth: Chris? Has f'ed up way too many times. Way, way too many times. Like, before the show began, we don't even know how many times. So he might be slightly less irresponsible right now, he's still an asshat, and he's going to be immature until he dies. He's a manboy. Lorelai deserves better than that. Plus, their relationship is permanently stuck in high school and will be forever, and it's not healthy. It's time to let it go and just let him be Rory's dad.
b) Lauren Graham rocks hard.
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Wow, ASP is Luke, and we are Lorelai.
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I wasn't surprised to see Christopher because he seems to be the favorite late-season plot device. I have no interest in him at all. At all. He had his chance, many chances, and I don't care what nice stuff he does now, he'll never be able to keep it up. He's a good guy, but on his terms, so he's a selfish good guy.
Lorelai drunk was so sad. Lane and Zach married? This is going to be a dumb question, but was it so that they could have sex (as in Lane can't have unmarried sex?) I like them as a couple.
I look forward to watching the whole season as reruns, after I safely know the outcome of the season. I'm a big chicken.
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I didn't either. It was even refreshing not to have him around. And that's bogus.
And let's not even mention that whole episode with Lorelai being drunk. That was embarrasing and it broke my heart.
Yes, but that's part of my "Amy, you keel me so slowly!" thing--she had to do it. She had to do that to Lorelai, because it's the only way anyone's ever going to hear Lorelai say the words, and the only way Lorelai's going to hear herself say the words, and that's the only way she's ever going to be able to understand she has to say them to Luke. So I agree with you, it's heartbreaking and maudlin, but it's necessary. You have to be willing to damage your characters to make them grow, to advance plot, but I think Lorelai's been through so much in the last three years, she deserves a break. But that's part of the point. She's a crafty, evil genius, that Amy. Your letter? Is exactly what she wants. She wants us to be slowly, slowly heartbroken, because it means she's doing something right. It means her story is getting you where you live. If you didn't care, if you could watch it without empathy, she'd have failed, but because she's got you in a vise, she's doing exactly what she meant to.
I both admire Amy for not pandering to her fans, in a lot of ways, and taking the chance to mutilate her characters and challenge them emotionally, but I also, sometimes, just wish she'd give us a little more credit. Not necessarily give us what we exactly want, but give us credit for hanging in. I don't know how to elaborate that, but i just wish she'd recognize that her fans are insane and loyal and want good things for the characters. She's a slave to her stories, which I love about her, but I don't think she has to pretend we don't respond to what she does.
I agree with a lot of what you're saying, because I'm right there with you, but I think it would all have Amy clapping her hands at her own evil evil genius, you know? And that's why we let her hit us. Because it hurts so good.
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LOL! Very true....
And I'm sure I shouldn't whine. Because truth is, I love this show and I will forever and always. And if I didn't love it so much, it wouldn't have me so upset right now. I'm just frustrated. And thus venting.
It will all be fixed in the end, I hope. It's just so painful to watch in getting there. Which, of course, makes me realistic, and incredibly good tv.